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The fibres of fome of the intercoftal mufcles 

 on the right-fidcoi the Jler/ium continued to be 

 agitated with a weak tremulous motion near 

 half an hour after the injedion was made 

 into the abdome?2 j but the intercoftal muf- 

 cles attached to the ribs on the fides of the 

 thorax were not obferved to move, nor 

 did the diaphragm make any motion when 

 its fibres were pricked or cut. 



Nothing remarkable was feen in the ab- 

 domen 5 only, altho' it was opened ten mi- 

 nutes after making the injedion, the inte- 

 ilines had no motion j whereas, in another 

 young dog, which had got no op'ium^ Mr. 

 Ramfay obferved the periflaltic motion conti- 

 nue half an hour after laying open the thorax. 



The dog loft little or no blood iri making 

 the wound into his abdomen^ nor were any 

 of his bowels hurt by it. 



23. A fmall dog into whofe ftomach the 

 late celebrated Dr. Mead had forced, at four 

 different times, a folution of two drams of 0- 

 fium in water, lived above an hour and three 

 quarters after getting the firft dpfe. Vid, 

 treatife on poifom^ EiTay IV. 



24. It may not be improper to add here 

 an experiment related by Dr. Aljlcn in his 



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